Marvel's The Art of Storytelling
NOTE: This course was designed so you could enroll at any time and go at your own pace. You can watch lessons that have already been released. Expect new content about once per week.
Comics captivate us through their distinctive blend of visual storytelling, memorable characters, and stunning artwork. Since Marvel's inception in 1939, they've been masters of this medium, capturing imaginations around the globe. Now, in this collaboration between Marvel and Proko, we're bringing you the creators right to your screen, ready to share their expertise in storytelling!
In this comprehensive course, top Marvel artists and storytellers will guide you through every stage of the comic creation process, equipping you with the skills you need to craft your very own comics.
Our action-packed curriculum is divided into 9 lesson groups: storytelling, pencil techniques, inking techniques, cinematography, panel layout, character and environment design, perspective, color theory, and comic covers.
Each lesson group features in-depth lessons and demonstrations led by seasoned Marvel professionals, providing you with the techniques and tools to forge your artistic arsenal. Plus, you'll be challenged with assignments designed to help you practice and perfect the concepts vital for mastery.
You’ll gain access to some resources from the Marvel Archives and get insightful interviews with our instructors, offering you a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of comic book creation.
Unleash your artistic superpowers and learn Storytelling the Marvel Way. Your journey begins now!
© 2023 MARVEL
The length for the entire course will be around 15 hours or more! We can't give an exact figure right now since some of the course is still in production, but that's a nice, conservative estimate.
As far as number of lessons go, we expect 40 or more. We recorded TONS of footage, so there won't be a lack of lesson content.
The lessons are taught by 10 artists who have all worked on Marvel Comics projects!
Jim Zub – Storytelling and Story Structure
Ryan Benjamin – Penciling
Mark Morales – Inking
Mike Hawthorne – Basics of Cinematography and Perspective
Aaron Conley – Page and Panel composition
Alitha Martinez – Poses, Acting, and Performance
Sanford Greene – Character design bonus, Team design, and Action
Daniel Warren Johnson – Environments
Matt Wilson – Coloring for Comics
Erik Gist – Comic Covers
This is an active course, so we'll be releasing new content about once a week! This will give you time to absorb the material and participate with others in the community.
Premium students will have access to prior and new lessons in the course. Depending on when you join the course you'll also have the opportunity to potentially get your work critiqued by the instructors!
While we will be teaching some character design in the course we can't possibly cover every character in Marvel's catalog. The goal with this course isn't just to teach drawing characters, but how characters and character design inform storytelling.
Marvel's The Art of Storytelling course is a collaboration between Proko and Marvel. Lifetime access to the course is therefore not guaranteed but premium students should be able to access the course on Proko.com until at least July 8th, 2031 and may be able to access the course beyond that date.
Videos are only available to be streamed on Proko and they're not available on any other streaming service.
We understand how excited you are to draw these iconic characters and we're excited for you to draw them too! However, there are terms you have to accept before participating in the course, which limit any rights to what is provided for in this Proko course. You can read the full agreement below, which does not permit you to draw Marvel characters for commercial projects.
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